NK - Free Time

[Addington, Debbie, A]

For period, wasn't it more a matter of the size of the merchants body parts?

*this could easily be taken out of context*  :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	marc-carlson at utulsa.edu [SMTP:marc-carlson at utulsa.edu]
> Sent:	Friday, August 06, 1999 10:54 AM
> To:	Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:	RE: NK - Free Time
> 
> 
> Quoting \"Addington, Debbie, A\" 
> <daaddington at saintfrancis.com>:
> 
> > the only subject in math, during my high school years, 
> that i couldn\'t
> > comprehend, the metric system.  I did learn that you 
> get more fabric by the
> > metric yard and more mead to the liter.  :)
> 
> I don\'t see why schools make it so hard.  It\'s not like 
> the average person actually thinks in units larger than
> feet and such anyway.  Most people seem to just 
> estimate, and when they need precision they read it off 
> a machine that measures it for them.  Just remember that 
> there are about three feet to a meter, about a kilometer 
> and a half to a mile, two and a half centimeters to an 
> inch, two pounds to the kilogram, and so on. 0\'s 
> freezing while 37 and above means you have a fever, or 
> it\'s really hot out.  For anything more precise than 
> that, use a ruler/scale/calculator.
> 
> The important thing to remember is a 9 mm is only about 
> .35 caliber, but usually has a bigger punch to it.
> 
> As for how this relates to the Middle Ages, I doubt 
> anyone wants to hear about that.  Just try thinking in 
> English fingers (as opposed to American fingers), palms, 
> hands, spans, and cubits...
> 
> Marc/Diarmaid